Specialized studies designed to increase the teacher?s knowledge of subject matter and to enlarge his understanding of new developments and approaches to the teaching of English. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits. PROSEMINARS: ?The purpose of the proseminar courses (600 level) is to impart through lectures and discussion both the facts of literary history and the techniques of literary analysis. They are, therefore, designed to go beyond the mere information level?to techniques of contemporary literary criticism and scholarship.

Required for students who study abroad in a French-speaking country. Students must prepare an Education Abroad Portfolio to receive credit for course work completed abroad. See Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) for detailed information. May be repeated?to a maximum of eight hours in consultation with DUS. Prereq: Approval of DUS.

This course focuses on how meaning is conveyed by the world?s languages, introducing the primary approaches to the study of semantics and pragmatics of the 20th century. We discuss the semantics of words and then shift our study to investigate the way meaning is conveyed in larger units such as sentences and then conversations. The influence of context - social, physical, and linguistic?- is also examined as it relates to meaning.

Students in this course will study a variety of topics related to the topic of language change: the reconstruction of linguistic systems; language classification; comparative linguistics; the temporal, spatial, and social context of language change. Prereq: ENG/LIN?211, or ENG 414G, or equivalent. (Same as ANT 319.)

A study of the physical aspects of groundwater, including regional flow, well hydraulics, and computer simulation. Prereq: GLY?220 and MA 113 or 123.

Theory and practice of the gravity and magnetic methods of geophysical exploration as applied to geological, archeological, environmental, and planetary exploration problems. The course includes principles of instrumentation, surveying, reduction of anomalies, and their interpretation. Prereq: MA 113, MA 114; PHY 211 and PHY 213 or PHY 231 and PHY 232; or consent of instructor.

Seminar in Selected Topics in Petrology and Geochemistry. Past topics include: Carbonate Petrology; Igneous Petrology; Organic Petrology; Isotope Geochemistry. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits under different subtitles. Prereq: Consent of instructor.

Field-based regionally specific study of selected topics in cultural economic environmental physical political social or urban geography. May be repeated to a maximum of 18 credits with change in field site.

Survey of oceanography including the geologic evolution of the ocean floor; composition and dynamics of ocean water; interaction of lithosphere with hydrosphere; ocean-atmosphere interaction and oceanic controls on climate dynamics; marine life and ecosystems; impact of human activity on marine ecosystems.